PJM Generation Exam questions with answers

PJM Generation Exam questions with
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PJM roles as an RTO:
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- reliability coordinator (RC)
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- transmission operator (TOP), planner, & service provider
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- interchange authority
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- planning coordinator
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- resource planner
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- balancing authority (BA)
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Member company roles: |\ |\




- transmission owner/operator (TO/TOP)
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- generation owner/operator (GO/GOP)
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- load serving entity (LSE)
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- purchasing selling entity (PSE)
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- distribution provider (DP)
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- transmission service provider
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Generation Operator (GOP) |\ |\




entity that operates generating units, and performs the functions
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of supplying energy and reliability related services
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,- coordinates w/ the BA, TOP, & RC in real-time and ahead of time
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Generation Owner (GO) |\ |\




functional entity that owns and maintains generating units
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- coordinates w/ the BA, TOP, & RC as well as
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Transmission/Resource Planners
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Transmission Operator (TOP) |\ |\




entity that ensures real-time operating reliability of transmission
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assets within the TOP area
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- monitors the transmission system and provides reliability
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through coordination w/ generation resources
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Transmission Owner (TO) |\ |\




owns and provides for the maintenance of transmission facilities
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Generation Control |\




ensure efficient generation is available or running to satisfy the
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demand at any given hour including maintaining adequate
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reserves

, Transmission Control |\




monitor, operate, and control the high voltage transmission
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system in a reliable manner
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Generation Dispatch Operations
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- maintain system control (generation/demand balance)
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- maintain adequate reserves
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- implement emergency procedures
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- synchronized reserve/regulation market
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Transmission System Operations |\ |\




- ensure security of the system (limitations/constraints)
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- contingency analysis
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- direct emergency operations
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- direct off-cost operations
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- coordinate switching
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Reserves
additional generation capacity above the expected load
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